Engine starter drive



arch 18, 1941. Y. SEKEL LA 2,235,121

' ENGINE suarzn muvu Filed Feb. 24, 19:3

% eeemm member 2&3 is sulvstitufiell for the plurality of dimeillustrated in Fig. l. The ogeretion oi this came bedlment of theinvention 1e substantially elml-= lar to thei: previously Gesorlm withwe exoeetlon that since the emetic Relational loooly is ioeil es anintegral unit, la is not so her we re= spect to fletteniue lomesi am weeleetlo mime ssion through me elem will somewhat lesz; men in me Ne webe lmfierstoocl @ilhfi powilole e cl vm'lous changes may the deeigxz enden'engemen'; oi the meme out departing mm the Willi) oi we mventlendefined. m the claims appended hereto.

whet is claimed is: I

1. In on engine starter olrlve, e, $371379 sheila, a pinion movolelethereen into and out. of engege meet with a member el an engine to bealerted and means for actuating else pinion 21mm the drive shaftincluding a, driven shalt olidebly geumellefi on the drive shaft, abarrel member fixed to the drive shaft and surrounding one end of thedriven shaft, e ooneiclel anmflue oi elastic materiel hav ing a. highcoemelent of friction looeteal on the driven Ehfift within the berrel,end eonneotlom between the driven shaft and pinion includintorque=responslve means for moving the driven shalt longitudinally lofie ztem the annulus into gripping engegemeel; with the more! and driveshaft.

2 In em engine etertea' drive, a drive sheila, a pinion movable thereoninto and out of engage ment- :a. member oi an engine eo be sterteel, andmeens for actuating the pinion 13mm we drive sheit including e screwshaft leaving tmemed eomeefilon with the pinion, a. barrel memleem fixedw the drive sheila, surrounding a. oortlcm ofi fiche screw shaft, econed. ring 02 elastalc fitting in the barrel on the screw shalt. meansting longitudinal movement 01 5 the melon on the drive shaft, and meanswhere by longltuollnel movement of the screw shalt flatizexlothe toceuee it to frictionelly couple the screw shaft for rotation with thehave! v 3. Km an engine gterter drive, e pair or coneenl0 meefiy mee'eficylindrical members, a power sheila eomzeoleel to one o? aeid members,e, pinion hav e releeeeole eonneotion to the other member, easel eofelleol ular member of elastically deioxmeble meeerml loosely fitting mthe space be- 28 tween the eoneemlrle oyllnclem, said releasableeoee'elom includin eome esponewe means Zoe thedleheel member be cause itto Mei -lemm couple we eenoeloaz-le cylinders.

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5. in em engine atertei, e drive shalt having e member enehoree thereon,gzmlon s5 eeeezeefeo engage oml drive o membez' of em en siege to m e5,end moons for transmitting Somme loom the bowel member to the pinionincluding; o driven shell; having o threaded new election with we melon,a plurellty oi conical 4o disses ox? eleetlo materiel hevmg a highcoeifieiem', o2 flrlctiom seem on the drlven shaft in the barrel member,means limiting longlizudinel move... ment of the pinion on the driveshell, la a difeetlon ewoy 2mm the barrel member, end means wherebylongltuxlmel movement of time cirlven she-ft toward the barrel membelcEsteem zhe discs; and causee them to irlctionelly couple the driven tothe barrel.

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